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VOIj. MI. NO. 1'JO.
ROCK ISLAND, ILL., TUESDAY, MAKCII 10, 1903.
PRICE TTVO CENTS.
OF PERSONS DIE
ARGUMENTS NEXT
BRYAN IS BITTER
EATII AND DESTRUCTION
IN TRAIL OF A CYCLONE
!i rvm ncinM nc nil
Wabash Preparing Reply to Mo
tion of Em
ployes. Plain Talk Before the Michigan
Judicial Conven
tion HIM CAfLUdlUlM Ur UIL
ROCK
IBjLAMB
SCORE
GIRLS PLOT
M ESCAPE
11M
Tank Car in Collision in
Yards Near Olean,
N. Y.
SCENE IS ' AWFUL
Volumes of . Burning
Liquid Thrown
Over Crowd.
Olean, X. Y., March 10. From IS to
" lives wore lost, and fully twice
that number of people on mod or
bruised by an explosion late last night
following' a wreck on the Krie rail
road, north of this city.
Owing to the fact that some of the
bodies were incinerated in the fierce
flames or blown into the creek by the
tierce explosion, the exact number of
deail will probably not be known for
several days.
The number of injured, too, is un
certain, as many of them were able
to reach their homes, ami received
treatment there. The majority of
the victims were boys of about 10
years of age.
The two sections of the train came
together with a crash and one of the
oil tanks was demolished. Fire broke
out almost instantly and the sky was
lighted up for miles. A largo crowd
of people left this city for the scene
of the fire.
While they were lined up along- the
tracks a terrific explosion occurred.
The flames communicated quickly
wilh the other tank cars and a second
and third explosion followed each
other in rapid succession. Sheets of
flame shot out in all directions.
Ran Screaming From ISIaze.
Scores of persons were caught with
in the zone of the fire and enveloped
in flames. Men and boys ran scream
ing down the tracks with their cloth
ing tl mass of flames. Of hers -fell
where they stood, overcome by the
awful heat.
Sydney Fish, a prominent business
man. on returning from the scene
of the fire, said: "I was at
tracted to the scene of the fire be
tween 9:00 and 10 o'clock. When I
was within a quarter of a mile of the
wrecked train there was a terrific ex
plosion. Flames shot outward and
upward for a groat distance. I saw
several persons, who started to run
away, drop on the tracks and they
never moved again.
Hurled Ilnndredg Off Feet-
"Others who had been standing
close to the wreckage were hurled
through the air for hundreds of feet.
The scene was awful. Half a dozen
young boys ran down the tracks with
their clothing on fire. They r.esem
bled human torches. I could hoar
their agonized screams distinctly
from where 1 stood. They ran some
distance down the track and then
threw themselves to the ground,
groveling in the ditches in their fran
tic efforts to extinguish the flames.
Then they lay still, some of them un
conscious, others dead. I do not know
how many were, killed, but I counted
"0 bodies before I came away."
Word was sent at once to Olean po
lice headquarters by telephone. Kv
cry doctor and ambulance in the city
were summoned. Grocery wagons
and carriages of all kinds were press
ed into service and everything possi
ble was done to bring the injured
without delay to the hospitals for
treatment.
HUNDREDS FROZEN
IN RUSSIA BLIZZARD
Terrible Snowstorm Ke ported Rag
ing For Over a
Week.
St. Petersburg, March 10. Terrible
snow ptnrnis the last week in Samara
have caused hundreds of deaths.
Horses drawing sledges have returned
to the villages with the passengers
frozen to death. Many persons have
been frozen to death within the vil
lages while searching for the doors
of their own homes.
ARCHBISHOP aUIGIEY'S PARTY
DELAYED REACHING CHICAGO
Chicago, March 10. Five hundred
Catholic laymen left Chicago this
morning by a special train over tlie
Lake Shore for La Porte, where they
met Archbishop Quigley and party.
Upon arrival the reception commit
tee entered the archbishop's car and
presented .an address of welcome.
The archbishop's train was two hours
late and the party did not reach Chi
cago until late in the afternoon.
HEAVY REWARDS FOR
VVATERBURY THUGS
Much Interest in Pursuit of Mur
derers of Policeman
Mendelsohn.
Watcrbury, Conn., March 10. Re
wards to the amount of several thou
sand dollars will be offered for the
apprehension of the murderers of Po
liceman Mendelsohn. The board of
aldermen and the loard of public safe
ty have adopted1 resolutions recom
mending that the state's attorney be
lR'titioned to offer a reward of
000 for that purpose, to be paid by
the state of Connecticut. The board
itself will add to that amount.
Magnolia lodge, Knights of Pythias,
offers a reward of $.".00. and a like
amount has been offered by Nosahogani
lodge, I. O. O. F. Otlicer Mendelsohn
was a member of both of these fra
ternities. The Connecticut Railway
and Lighting company will offer a sub
stantial reward, and the striking em
ployes will decide upon the amount of
money they will appropriate for that
puriKso.
SHIPWRECK
AND FIGHT
Officers of Bark McNeil
Drunk When Vessel
Goes On Reef.
FIVE OF CREW LOST
Nine Sailors, Adrift for
Weeks, Picked Up
By Steamer.
San Francisco, March 10. Capt.
.lergenson and nine of the crew of the
American bark Alex. McNeil, which
was stranded on Pratas reef, near
Hong Kong. Dec. 24. has arrived here
on the steamer Coptic from the
orient.
The sailors say that shortly after
the vessel left Hong Kong, Dec. 10, the
otlicers locaine intoxicated, and the
vessel drifted from its proper course,
finally bringing up on the reef, where
it went to pieces.
A drunken fiirht followed, during
which, the sailors assort, the ship's
carpenter emptied his revolver at the
officers, but was too intoxicated to
aim with precision, and no one was
injured. A boat containing the first
mate and four of the crew was lost,
and no trace of the men was found.
On Reef Three Weeks.
Th-e sailors remained on the reef
for three weeks, finally putting to
sea in an improvised boat, and were
picked up by a steamer.
Capt. Jergensen denies that he or
any of the officers wore drunk.
BIG INCREASE IN CAPITAL
VOTED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia, March 10. The stock
holders of "the Pennsylvania Hail road
company in annual meeting today vot
ed to increase the capital stock by
$l.iO,000,00(, making the total author
ized capital $ 100.0(XU)00. -
NEW ASSISTANT TREASURER
AT NEW YORK APPOINTED
Washington. March 10. The presi
dent today appointed William Plim
ley, of New York, to be assistant
treasurer of the United States at New
York, to succeed the late Conrad Jor
dan. WOMAN GETS AN INJUNCTION
To Restrain Strikers from Interfering
with the Employes In Her
Factory.
Ka cine, Wis., March 10. Mrs. Rose
Shoen, head of the Shoen Manufactur
ing company, declaring that her own
life and the lives of her employers are
in peril, has secured an injunction re
straining strikers from attempting to
keep employes away from her factory
by threats of personal violence, or so
cial ostracism.
She has also sued twenty-six unions
labor leaders, some of them belonging
to the Women's Garment Workers' un
ion, for $10,000 damages to her busi
ness as the result of the strike now in
progress. The injunction bars pickets
from the factory and warns mobs not
to congregate about it.
Page Morris Is Confirmed.
Washington. March 10. The senate
La9 confirmed Page Morris, of Min
nesota, to be United States district
judge for the district of Minnesota.
MINERS OP KENTUCKY ACT
Adopt a Resolution Condemning
"Government by In
junction." St. Louis, March 10. ."Judge Adams
in the federal court announced today
that he will on March 17 hear the ar
guments on the motion to dissolve the
temporary injunction restraining the
officials of the Itrotherhood of Fire
men and Trainmen and members of
the grievance committees from order
ing a strike on the Wabash railroad.
St. Louis. March 10. A sweeping
denial of all the charges made ly the
Wabash Kailway company in its bill
f complaint upon which was issued
the injunction to prevent a strike
among its employes, was contained in
the answer lo the injunction suit Uled
yesterday in the United States district
court by the counsel for the Wabash
firemen and trainmen. In support of
the answer were tiled the affidavits
of all those named in the injunction.
At 10 a. m. today lVderal .Judge Ada ma
will set a date for the hearing of the
arguments for and against the an
swer. Synopsis of the Motion.
The motion to dissolve the injunc
tion, briefly stated, is based on the
grounds that the writ of injunction
was improvidently granted: that
charges of illegal ouspiracy contained
in the bill of complaint are unfound
ed and disproved; that there is no
equity in the bill of complaint; that
the injunction was issued without no
tice: and that all the material charges
in the bill are fully denied.
Company Prepares for the Argument.
President Kamsoy, of the Wabasn,
and the compauy's legal counsel liegan
the preparation of their arguments
against the nnswer immediately after
it was Died at 10:0." a. m. yesterday,
and continued busily at work all day
and into the night. The counsel f-or
the Wabash employes spent the day
in looking about the city and will con
tinue to leisurely spend the time in
tervening until the hearing of the ar
guments. None of the brotherhood,
ofiicial has left the city, and all ex
press themselves as well satisfied with
the answer as tiled.
ANTI-INJUNCTION" KE3 DILUTION
Adopted by Kentucky Union Miners
'Strike to Organize Resolved Upon.
Paducah. Ky., March 10. The state
miners' convention yesterday adopted
a resolution that the strike to organ
ize the coal miners of Hopkins coun
ty shall be taken up again at the
earliest opportunity and carried on un
til the battle of union labor be won, at
whatever cost. The report of the com
mittee on "government by injunction,"
which was adopted, says in part: "The
scope recently given to injunctions In
labor disputes makes the judge a czar,
with power to restrain a thousand or
a million men by the same right he
might become dictator.
"The power that can crush the con
stitution to forward the interest of
coaling or railroad magnates may cur
tail the liberty of any citizen. To pre
vent an oligarchy from usurping tnc
rights of the republic the iower to
grant injunctions in labor disputes
except lo prevent injury of property
must be taken from the courts. We
recommend indorsement of any bill Hi
congress seeking to remedy this evil,
and urge every member of our district
organization to write personal letters
to this effect io representatives in con
gress." CRIME REVEALED
BY IOWA SERMON
Girl Evangelist Prevails on Youth
to Confess to
Arson.
Corvdon. Iowa. March 10. After
hearing a sermon Sunday night by
Miss Gleeson, an evangelist, on the
text "He not deceived: God is not
mocked; for whatsoever a man sow
eth that shall he also reap," Elijah
Thomas, aged 18 years, went the next
morning to the county attorney's of
fice and confessed to the setting on
tire of the Kea barn Feb. 10, by which
fire nine head of horses were crema
ted -nd which caused a loss of $30,
000. The only reason lie gives is that
he wanted to see a bonfire.
Thomas is now in jail awaiting the
action of the grand jury.
lie Made Sure of Death. ,
Port Huron, Mich., March 10. Will
iam Money-penny, while alone, put two
38-caliber bullets into his body near
the heart. Then he took a large dose
of laudanum. He returned the re
volver to a drawer and hid the empty
laudanum bottle in a coal stove. He
was conscious when discovered bjr his
wife, and said he had ioisoned hiiii
self, but said nothing about the tlioot
lns. , . . . - -
Idea to Get Chloroform
to Put Matron
Asleep.
BUT MEET FAILURE
Woman They Depend
On Has Other
Views.
Chicago. March 10. lleeausen wom
an refused to buy chloroform for them
three young women In the Harrison
street police station annex failed in
their plan to overcome a ma iron and
escape Sunday night. They consid
ered turning on the gas throughout the
annex and thus making Mrs. Mary
Eager, the matron. powerless, but were
prevented in this by one of tlx plot
ters who feared they themselves would
also be overcome. Ida l'.inenfold, 13
years old. arrested in "State street ten
days ago for running away from
home, confessed the plot and signed si
statement charging Pearl Alexander,
10 years old, with being the originator
of the scheme. Dora Meyers, another
10-ycar-old prisoner, attempted to in
duce relatives, it is said, to buy tue
drug intended to overcome the mat
ron. They Played Their (iaine Well.
While the girls were plotting against
the night matron affairs at the an
nex were moving along as usual. The
girls did not in their actions toward
Mrs. Eager indicate a dislike and each
evening had gathered around her for
a long talk lefore retiring. News of
the plot came to the matron's cars as
a complete surprise. Tor a week the
young women planned to regain their
liberty. Then Mrs. Mary Meyers. ."0V
West Van Huron street, mother of
Dora Meyers, told Chief Matron Kee
gan of the annex her suspicions. An
investigation wa started and the con
fession 'followed.
Confession of Ida Blnenfelil.
The signed statement of Ida P.inen
fold, certified before a notary public
and lit Id by Mrs. Kegan. is as fol
lows: "On March ' I. Ida Itinenfold.
came to the annex in the evening. I
was talking with Pearl Alexander and
Dora Meyers that night, when they
decided to escape from the annex.
Pearl Alexander suggested chloroform
ing the night matron and taking the
keys, when we would all escape. We
did not know how to got the drug,
when Dora Meyers said she would
got her sister to buy it. Tuesday
Dora's mother and sister came to the
annex. 1 gave Dora money to give
her sister to buy the drug, saying I
had toothache and wanted it for use
on the tooth.
Mrs. Meyers Rlocked the Game.
"Mrs. Meyers spoke up and said oil
of cloves would Ik as good and re
fused to buy chloroform. We then
concluded to wait. Lat,or Dora Meyers
and Pearl Alexander suggested turning
on the gas and gagging the matron.
I then said it would 1!1 all if we did
that, even to the mother 'and baby in
a cell there. They would smother also.
Then that plan was dropped. This con
fession is written of my own free will
in order to tell the truth. Dora Mey
ers, Pearl Alexander and1 myself con
spired to chloroform, smother and gag
the night matron.
"IDA HIXENFELD."
Tearl Has a Tart.
Fenrl Alexander is a pretty girl, tall
and blonde. Her mother is dead, and
her father, it is said, left Chicago sev
eral years ngo. The girl spent five
years as a pupil at the livaustoii' In
dustrial School, then was paroled. She
left the family to which she was
paroled, it is charged, and later was
arrested in : saloon. r It is said she
will bo sentenced to thi slate industrial
home at Geneva. Delia Meyers was
arrested, in a house 5 in West Lake
street on complain of her mother. Ida
P.inenfeld Is said to be the daughter of
well-to-do parents on the west side.
WORKMAN PREFERS
DEATH T0j RIDICULE
i
Kokomo, Intl., Man Prinks Carbolic
Acid Because lie is Made
Fun of.
Kokoino. lnd.. March 10. P.ecause
he thought his fellow workmen at
the. nail mill .were guying him Wil
liam Urooks, recently of Sterling, 111.,
arose from the supper table and
swallowed three ounces of carbolic
acid. lie cannot recover.
MINISTER BOWJEN SIGNS
ANOTHER PROTOCOL NEXT!
Washington, March 10. Ministers
drip and Ilowcn this afternoon sign
ed a protocol providing for the set
tlement of the claims of Sweden and
Norway against Venezuela.
ABOUT EX-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
Xchraskan Says Xo One Wants Har
mony More Than
He.
Detroit, Mich., March 10. In a
speech before the democratic state
judicial convention here today Wil
liam J. Uryan said: "I have been ac
cused of preventing harmony. No
man wants harmony more than 1 do
and no one has suffered more for lack
of it than I have. Hut vou can't keen
in one organization men who want to
cut each other's throats. Thev ac
cuse me of saying hard things about
Cleveland. 1 never said anything
so hard about him as did President
McKinloy, who said: 'Cleveland is
trying to make money the master and
ill things else the servant.'
"I am not ashamed of any humble
part 1 may have had in driving out of
the democratic party the man who
tried to make money the master and
everything else the servant. I want
him in some other party than ours.
I would be glad to help organize one
for his exclusive use."
Kepuhllcan Methods Criticized.
Toledo, O., March 10. Colonel W.
J. llryan was in the -city yesterday
morning. He was prevailed upon to
discuss politics. He told of his re
cent visit to New York, and added
that the ieople in that state knew
less about politics than they do in the
west. "They asked me about Judge
Parker," he said, "and I told them I
could say nolhing until I knew his
attitude on public questions. They
answered that he was a judge and it
would not ne proper for him to dis
cuss political topics."
"What do you think Hill intends lo
do?"
"Well. I tlrnk Mr. Hill is tossing a
penny to see whether he or Judge
Parker will run. The trouble with the
plan Is that Hill has an old penny
that he has tossed so often that he
doesn't know which side is head and
which is tail."
His Views on the Situation.
Uryan declined to discuss the proba
ble issues and candidates in the next
national campaign, but when asked to
make a general statement as to the
situation, he said: "Political success
depends upon two things opportunity,
and preparation to take advantage of
it. A political party must have lis
principles and it must advocate those
policies it believes lest for the - peo
ple, and then trust to events to vindi
cate the wisdom of its course. I be
lieve the Democratic party has taken
the people's side of tin public ques
tions discussed in ISfn; and in 10OD;
and I believe if it will maintain its
integrity and allow no doubt to arise
as to its fidelity to the people's case
it will Ik only n question of time
and not a iong time, either before
enough Republicans will Ik disgusted
with the time-serving and mammon
worshipping policy of the Republican
party to again put the Democratic par
ty In power.
Charge of Extravagance,
Sueh a victory when won will bring
relief to the people from all the vicious
policies of the Republican party. We
cannot win a victory by compromise or
cowardice, and if we should win a
victory by such means it would bo as
disastrous to the party as Mr. Cleve
land's victory in 1S0J proved to bo.
The Republican congress which has
just adjourned shows how extravagant
the Republican officials are in the ex
penditure of public money, and how
negligent those officials are of the
rights of the taxpayers. They not only
collect exorbitant taxes from the peo
ple, but they allow the trusts and cor
porations to levy a tribute even great
er than that which the government
takes." .
Asked his opinion on the Wabash
strike P.ryan said: "The merits of the
controversy between the company and
its employes are overshadowed by the
menace of th? process known as gov
ernment by Injunction. The Democrats
have long boon calling attention to the
danger that lurks in this abuse of the
judicial power, but it seems to take
several object lessons to make the peo
ple acquainted with a bad principle."
II E IS NOT IN POLITICS
And Is "Out for Good" Is What Ex-Presl-dent
Cleveland Says.
Xew York, March 10. Former Pres
ident G rover Cleveland denied yester
day that he had come to New York
city for any political purpose as was
rumored Sunday. He said: "I came
solely for the purpose of attending the
Heeclier memorial meeting in Brooklyn
last night. The reports that I had a
political talk w ith Edward X. Shepard,
William C. Whitney and others are
untrue.
T am not iu politics. 1 am out for
for good. I only saw Mr. Shepard
List night for two minutes, and poli
tics did not figure in our .conversation.
Politics is furthest from my thoughts
at present, although I am always
ready to act' in an advisory capacity
if so desired. As for taking any ac
tive part in politics, that Is not to be
considered." . .-. . .
GIRL ATHLETES IN
A SLUGGING MATCH
Basketball Game to Settle Cham
pionship of Saginaw,
Mich.
Saginaw, Mich.,. March 10. The
most exciting game of basket ball ever
seen here took place at the Gerinauia
institute lelween the Turner girls'
physical culture class and the girls
of the r. K. basket ball team. All
the members are society girls and the
contest was for the championship of
the city. A previous game broke up
in a row and the last contest was to
settle the dispute. It was a slugging
match all through, the legs of two
girls were badly injured, and Miss
Griggs was knocked out. Bloomers
were torn and hair pulled.
Captain I .on Griggs, of the Turners,
was guarding Cai'.aiu Martha Mar
shall, and the later tok objection to
the manner of Miss Griggs ana
slapped her face. Captain Griggs
grabbed Mis Marshall by the wrists
and held her, but she still had the
use of her feet and kicked Miss Griggs
a hard blow in the stomach, putting
her out of the game.
BAR PUT UP
BY MEXICO
San Francisco Ships
Cannot Anchor in
Her Harbor
BECAUSE OF PLAGUE
Fear It Still Exists
There Despite Re
peated Denials.
Washington, March 10. The Mexi
can government has declared a quar
antine for the whole republic against
San Francisco, and vessels from that
port will not be allowed to land pas
sengers or cargo at any Mexican port
until furl her notice. This action lias
been reported by Consul General Bar
low at Mexico City to this govern
ment. The minister of government who or
dered the general quarantine said
that he had information which satis
tied him that bubonic plague existed
in San Francisco as late as January
last. The marine hospital service of
the Cnited States and the health au
thorities of San Francisco report that
there has been no case of plague in
that city since December last, al
though there had been an average of
one case every week for three years
immediately prior to that time.
The Mexican government evidently
attaches great significance to the
fact that the health otlicers of the
city of San Francisco and of the state
of California have been employing ev
ery means to conceal the existence of
plague on the Pacific coast.
Traced to San Kranclsco.
The outbreak of plague at Mazat-
lan. Mexico, two months ago. is gen
erally believed to have been the result
of infection brought from San Fran
cisco, and that port, has been in
quarantine for some time. The latest
report from Maat Jan received by the
marine hospital service is for the
week ended Feb. 2.". The report gives
the number of deaths in that week at
six, and the number of new cases of
plague as
President Palma. of Cuba, has is
sued a decree declaring a quarantine
against, certain Mexican ports, and
prohibiting the importation of cer
tain animals and merchandise from
Mexico, on account of the danger of
transmitting plague germs, which
came originally from San Francisco.
ANOTHER COMMISSION HOUSE
CLOSED IN CHICAGO TODAY
Chicago, March 10. Owing to insuf
ficient capital, the Karrick. Grey &
Williams commission firm today
transferred all their open trades to
the Peavey Grain company, who as
sume all liability.
New York. March 10. The genera'l
manager of the Daly Gold Lining Den
tal company, which corporation has
aimed to control the profession of
dentistry throughout the country,
admits that his company is bankrupt.
Morgan at Jekyl Island.
Brunswick, Ga., March 10. J. Pier
pont Morgan, accompanied by a par
ty of friends, arrived here yesterday
morning in nis special car and left for
Jckyl island to 6pend several days.
The Town of Townsville,
North Queensland, is
Laid Waste.
HOMES BLOWN AWAY
And Many of the Resi
dents Killed or
Injured.
Brisbane, Queensland. March 10.
The town of Townsville. North
Queensland, has been visited by a
terrific cyclone. Many persons were
killed and injured. Schools, churches
and residences were destroyed, and
many inhabitants have leen rendered
homeless.
The wind blow a fierce gale, uproot
ing trees and blowing houses from
their foundations.
Detail Unobtainable.
A great extent of country was en
tirely laid waste, but details of the
fatalities are as yi-t unobtainable.
Belief is being provided for the peo
ple who have been rendered homeless
bv the terrible storm.
MAKES TROUBLE
IN IOWA FAMILY
Picture Believed to Be Genuine
ISubens Owned at
Des Moines.
Des Moines. Ia., March 10. A paint
lug of the thorn crowned Savior by
Peter Paul IUibons, which has lieen in
the family of Joseph Lehner, of this
city. 200 years, is to be sold in spite
of the legend that if the picture ever
passes out of the family all members
of the house will come to grief. New
York art connoisseurs have traveled to
this town several times, representing
art buyers, and Lehner has repeatedly
refused ashigh as $"J0.ihH) for the paint
ing, which experts say is undoubtedly
a genunie Hubcns.
The picture was presented to Ra
chel Griefenstein by the son of Philip
II of Spain, the prince having bought
it from Itubens when the artist was
making sketches for his greatest work,
"The Descent from the Gross." now in
the Antwerp cathedral. The last daugh
ter of the Griefenstein married a
I.ehner, and thus the picture, painted
in 1718, came, together with its legend,
into the family which has had it ever
since. The couple that owns it does
not live together, though aged, because
of quarries as what to do with tha
painting.
SWEETHEART DEAD
HE KILLS HIMSELF
Wilbur Baldridce Grievea Over the
Drowning of Liover Two
Years Ago.
Joplin. Mo.. March 10. P.ecause of
the drowning of his sweetheart. Helen
OTlielly. in Spring river two years
ago, Wilbur llaldridge, son of Dr. ,f.
M. llaldridge. shot and killed himself
at his home in Galena. Young Itald
ridge was an eye-witness to Miss
OTIielly's death. The young couple
was said to have been engaged. Hald
ridge could not rid his mind of the
scene. He left the following letter:
"Dear Mother. Father, Sister and
I trot her: Please bury me by the side
of Helen in the Umpire cemetery.
Good-bve to all. Wilbur."
TO LEAVE TOWN:
GIVE WATER CHANCE
Shawneetown Citizens Have Plan to
Avoid Danger of
Flood.
Kvansville, lnd.," March 10. A re
port from Shawneetown, 111., this
morning is to the effect that the peo
ple there are debating the feasibility
of removing their personal property
from the city, then opening the levee,
allowing the river to flood
the town, and thus doing away
with the great danger of a disaster
should the river rise much more.
Lincoln, Neb., March 10. Train ser
vice in Nebraska is paralyzed today
on account of the floods, llridges on
all the main lines of the lturlington
and Union Pacific were washed out
last night.